Kangana Ranaut on passage of Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha: 'Only because of PM Modi'

Kangana Ranaut, the Lok Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, also said that the legal system can now hold everyone accountable.

Bollywood actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday to the passing of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha said it was a “fortunate day” for India, and no one is above the Constitution.

"We have been able to see this fortunate day today only because of PM Narendra Modi...The whole country is happy today that Waqf will be regulated now," Kangana Ranaut was quoted as saying by ANI.

Ranaut, the Lok Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, also said that the legal system can now hold everyone accountable.

"If they (do) anything illegal, the legal system can now ask questions. You can see what the condition was earlier. Be it Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh... works which were stuck for years are now being done by PM Modi," Ranaut said, according to PTI.

The Waqf Amendment Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha early on Thursday after a marathon 12-hour debate that saw the government and the Opposition engage in a heated debate. Around 2 am, the bill was passed by 288-232 votes.

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The bill was taken up by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi called the Waqf (Amendment) Bill a "brazen assault" on the Constitution, accusing the BJP of using it to fuel "permanent polarisation" in society.

"Whether it is education, civil rights and liberties, our federal structure or conduct of elections, the Modi government is dragging the country into an abyss where our Constitution will remain on paper and we know their intention is to demolish even that," she said addressing Congress MPs at a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party. "It is vital for all of us to continue to fight for what is right and just, to expose the Modi government's failing and intention to turn India into a surveillance state," she added.